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Offline OilyRascal

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Wood Handled Whatzit
« on: July 25, 2012, 08:46:38 PM »
No maker's markings.  8" long.  Has what appears to be old #1 gasket sealer on the tip.  I can guess how it WAS used, but I'm not at all sure that was it's purpose. 









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Re: Wood Handled Whatzit
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2012, 12:06:38 AM »
O-ring pick?
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Re: Wood Handled Whatzit
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2012, 12:34:20 AM »
Just a guess but how about for instaling windshields etc. the old ones that had the heavy rubber  gasket that held the window in.

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Re: Wood Handled Whatzit
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2012, 09:21:17 AM »
I got a home made one that looks like this.  Somebody had turned a screwdriver into a paint can opener.  Mine works good.

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Re: Wood Handled Whatzit
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2012, 01:34:10 PM »
Would it work for scraping oil grooves in babitt bearings?
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Re: Wood Handled Whatzit
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2012, 07:26:36 PM »
Seal puller perhaps?

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Re: Wood Handled Whatzit
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2012, 07:47:04 PM »
I got a home made one that looks like this.  Somebody had turned a screwdriver into a paint can opener.  Mine works good.

If this one was "rigged" by PO it's escaping my eye uncleaned.  I need to clean it now and see what more I can find.

Would it work for scraping oil grooves in babitt bearings?

<shrugs shoulders>  I dunno!  Never worked with Babbitt except in bridling the horse head of a well.

Seal puller perhaps?

That was my thought, but it certainly isn't anything like the modern day version I have.
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